About Us

The Tollman family on safari in South Africa.

Lion World Travel is dedicated to arranging extraordinary travel experiences for individuals and groups to Southern Africa, East Africa and Egypt.

Welcome to Our World

With over 50 years in business and renowned for our destination expertise, we are one of North America’s largest tour operators to the continent of Africa. Lion World Travel is a member of The Travel Corporation (TTC) family of brands, the largest privately owned travel company worldwide. TTC is a highly successful international travel group with over 30 award-winning brands, including Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Uniworld, Contiki and the Red Carnation Hotel Collection, to mention a few.

The company's guiding principle is one of providing the most enjoyable, enriching travel experiences for its customers across the globe. TTC maintains an uncompromising commitment to offering the highest standards of product integrity and is renowned and trusted for its outstanding quality, service, value, reliability and financial stability.

"A safari has become a favorite on everyone's bucket lists, and we're passionate about providing outstanding quality, consistency and value. With our affordable luxury safari vacations, we can make that dream come true for everyone."
– Brett Tollman, Chief Executive of The Travel Corporation and Lucille Sive, CEO of The Travel Corporation Africa Division

From Start to Finish

What is most significant for Lion World Travel is that the company owns many of the tour and travel companies within Africa, giving us a strong local presence. This provides a distinct advantage in negotiating rates and building a strong and positive relationship with hotels and safari lodges. With our offices in Africa providing 24-hour emergency assistance and having a locally-based team of personnel, Lion World Travel is well positioned to deal with any issues that may arise, thus providing our clients with confidence in their security and safety that is so important in choosing a travel company.

At Lion World Travel, we proudly hire some of the best professionals in the industry, many of them hailing from Africa. Together, they boast a combined total of over 300 years of experience in making travelers’ dreams of an African vacation a reality. With their ongoing training and firsthand knowledge, our specialists can confidently assist you in creating the perfect safari — just your way. We make it a reality by tailoring an itinerary to suit your desires, interests and price range.

We understand that an African adventure is an investment of time, money and especially dreams, and we are committed to offering a unique travel experience with memories that will last a lifetime.

Client Protection

We appreciate that the financial security of the operator of your choice is of paramount importance and to ensure that our customers’ travel experiences are more more secure, we offer the following in client protection.

USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance

Lion World Travel shares the coverage available under the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program with other affiliates of the The Travel Corporation (TTC) USA who are required to post $1 Million with USTOA to be used to reimburse he advance payments of Lion World Travel customers in the unlikely event of Lion World Travel cessation of business.